‘Azzun ‘Atma, Sun 6.9.09, Morning
'Azzun ‘Atma
07.20 We met friendly soldiers at Yoav gate which serves workers going to
Sha'arei Tikva and pupils studying in Israel. There is a school in the village but the soldiers didn’t know if this is a primary or secondary school.
Across the road about 20 men were waiting for transport to ‘Sha’arei Tikva’. Few were passing through the gate. The soldiers said there was another gate, ‘Tama’.
We were aghast to hear from workers that transport cost 50 shekels in each direction for a journey of only one and a half kilometers. When we asked why they didn’t walk to Sha’arei Tikva, they said this was forbidden for security reasons.
07.50 A brief visit to Elkana to see the view and the sealed off house (Habayit Hechasum).
'Azzun 'Atma
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'Azzun 'Atma
A Palestinian village of about 1,800 residents. The settlement of Sha'arei Tikva was established on its land adjacent to it, and the settlement of Oranit was established on its agricultural lands. By 2013, the separation fence had passed through the village and a checkpoint staffed by the army allowed the residents to cross from side to side. After building a massive wall surrounding the village and some of its agricultural lands, the residents went daily for five years to their lands that remained in the Seam Zone through the Oranit agricultural checkpoint (4). Since 2018 it has only opened during the olive harvest and the farmers have to pass daily at the Beit Amin / Abu Salman checkpoint (1447), about 3 kilometers north.From a report from March 24, 2021: "The farmers from Beit Amin and Azon Atma are happy that since February 21 the Oranit checkpoint .is going to be open 3 times a day, The farmers are really developing the place."
Report from July 14, 2024: "Ornit checkpoint is closed . The Beit Amin/Abu Salman agricultural checkpoint is closed (there is no contact with the military to check if it opens rarely), the Ezbat Jaloud checkpoint was opened once a day before the war.
Updated for July 2024
Apr-11-2019Azoun: The main entrance to village blocked now for several weeks
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